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The most "European mind cannot comprehend this" thing around (files.mastodon.social)
submitted 8 months ago by twostraws@mastodon.social to c/tails@lemmon.website
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Image description: A bottle of Ibuprofen containing 1000 tablets.

(Originally published earlier today on mastodon.social)

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[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 27 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Am American. This many pills would expire long before the bottle was even close to being empty. I maybe take ibuprofen maybe once or twice a year.

[–] Taako_Tuesday@lemmy.ca 39 points 8 months ago (4 children)

Damn look at no-pain McGee over here. I rarely go a week without a headache necessitating a few ibuprofen

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 24 points 8 months ago (2 children)
  1. ibuprofen is addictive, in my country they are a prescription only medication because of this. Paracetamol on the other hand, is available off the counter
  2. too much ibuprofen or paracetamol is bad for you. Youre poisoning yourself
  3. never, ever, take that much pain killers unless you have a known condition and the doctor agrees. You could be hiding something else by using the painkillers
  4. i feel bad for you. Is the headache that bad? I usually ignore those but i have a high pain tollerence :)
[–] sploosh@lemmy.world 19 points 8 months ago

I’m gonna need to see some citation on the addictiveness of ibuprofen.

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Multiple neurologists have just told me to take 800 mg of ibuprofen whenever I get a headache.

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

800mg is no laughing matter. Feel bad for ya. Have they mentioned why ?

[–] KoalaUnknown@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

There is a “cavernous malformation“ in my brain.

[–] DacoTaco@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago

Oh. Fuck. Feel really sorry for ya

[–] AceTKen@lemmy.ca 9 points 8 months ago

I used to have to use Advil about 3 to 5 days a week since nothing else worked on my headaches. It had been going on for about 15 years. I went to the doctor complaining about them multiple times and they apparently couldn’t find anything wrong. I was worried about destroying my guts with the pills after my wife let me know how bad they can be for you.

Went to a doctor that was shocked that nobody had tried the obvious… turns out my blood pressure was too high (and the pills were making it worse). I took some blood pressure medication and now I haven’t had a headache anywhere near that bad in close to 6 months.

I wouldn’t have believed it myself if I hadn’t experienced it but you may want to get that looked at.

[–] Bennettiquette@lemmy.world 5 points 8 months ago

have you tried making more money?

/s

[–] JCreazy@midwest.social 2 points 8 months ago

I fortunately do not get headaches often. I usually get them when I stop drinking caffeine for a day or so. When I do get headaches, I take acetaminophen.